As I was somewhere in the area of my goal of 30 miles for the week during Friday's run, I made a deal that if I just hit 40, I could cut back as much as I want in the coming week. Finished another 5 miles on Friday and 5 this morning. I know 40 miles isn't a lot of running over a week, and wanted to show myself that again.

Sun- off

Mon- 10 mixed hills

Tues- 5.5 treadmill + 30 min Spin

Wed- 8.1 big hills

Thurs-5 treadmill

Friday 6.4 little hills

Sat-5 treadmill+30 min Spin

40 miles and less trouble with my feet than in previous weeks of lower mileage. I'll take it.

40.2 miles this week, including the Flying Pig 10K yesterday, 49:45, just wanted to break 50, have only been doing easy runs this year, no real speed, long run, or tempo work. I just changed routes and moved back to the building where I started my career, only a 7 minute commute from my house, so I am training in daylight before work, so as long as I'm healthy my mileage will go up. I'm very excited, and I registered for the Erie Marathon 9/15. Watched the Flying Pig on TV this morning, fantastic!

Only 13 miles for me this week. I raced last Sat eve so I rested Sun. Still hurt Mon so I didn't run til Tue. Ran Tue & Wed then rested for a Sat morning race this weekend. This coming week will be better.

Upsman, nice work in your 10k! I never ran the Pig weekend but I've done many events in and around the Queen City. My favorite was back when Hudepohl (the beer brewer) had a 14k race. It was a helluva good time complete with all the coneys and beer you could hold. I also liked some of the staples held out at Lunken (Don Connely races) like the Noel 5k in Dec. and the Pert Plus 5k/10k which I think was in April.

The funny thing is that I was registered for two races on May 5. One in NJand another one in PA. Not that I seriously hoped to run both, but I thoughtthat at least one of them might actually happen, ha ha. On Thursday I finally realizedthat I'm fighting a pretty severe cold, and that was the end of it.

In case you missed it, Murakami wrote a comment on Boston in the New Yorker

Ray, they brought the 14K race back 2 years ago, with free beer and food. Its by the ballpark, at the Christian Moerlein house (that's a beer, you might have known that), they serve free Hudepohl and Moerlein, a great time! Its in September. I recommend everybody to come run one of the events at the Flying Pig, you'll be hooked. The course has hills, not flat and fast, but the crowds and the volunteers make it terrific.

Upsman, Congrats on hitting your goal time. I ran the Pig in 2005 and had a terrific time. I've always wanted to get back there. I ran Erie also in 2005 as well as last fall. It is quite the opposite regarding terrain, but very well run. I'm sure you will like it there.

Upsman, that's great they brought it back. It used to run a course that included Liberty Street and Central Pkwy. IOW, not down on the river. The post race party was held in the alley & parking lot behind the brewing facility off Central Pkwy. I think Samuel Adams owns the brewing operation now. Back when the RWOL forum was part of the Compuserve Information Service website we had a pretty big gathering for that race one year. I think it would have been '96 or '97. A year or two later we gathered for a 10k down on the river that was the replacement for the Hudephol event. It just wasn't the same. Glad to hear the 14k is back.

38.9 miles for me this week which included a 14 miler and a few 400m intervals. Now if I ran 8.2 instead of 8.1 miles on Thursday as NB4 "suggested", it would look better. Now that I have been consistently hitting around 40 mpw, it is time to jump to the next level. Maybe not this week, but definitely next week. This is all prep for marathon training which starts first week in June.

Ups: great job! I ran the PIG and it's was one of the best marathon I have done. I lived in Cincy back in the early 80's and that is where I met my wife so it was a run thru memory lane. Love Sky Line but don't like Hudepohl!